Great news for DMofT

I have now had a letter of confirmation that DMofTs application for membership has now been been approved by the Board of Museums Galleries Scotland.

This is a huge step forward for us in terms of being recognised as a committed and serious group based in Dundee who are determined that this area should have a Transport Museum that will be worthy of our city and is well presented and admired by all who visit it.
 

Charity Run Discovery Point

Hello all

I have been called by an old pal of mine Keith who runs the Armstrong Siddeley club in Scotland.

What he is proposing is that on Sunday May 15Th May his club will bring 8 / 10 cars through to Dundee and we, using all our contacts and groups get as many cars and unusual vehicles together and we all meet at Discovery point( I have spoken to them and they support this idea)

We get as much publicity going for the event then we offer the public a chance to have a drive in a vintage / unusual vehicle for a donation... Say from Discovery point to the cafe and back.

All the money goes to Help for Hero's. I think Keith has spoken to the Army Cadets through here but I don't know as yet their involvement.What do we think.... Would be a good exercise for us and would be helping a great charity.

If we can do it as well as Lochee High St that would be cool.

Contact me if you can help

Terry

  

Visit to William Nicol Collection

Kenny Mac and myself went on a scouting mission up to Portlethan last night (16th Nov) to see how this collection (we had been told a "small" collection) worked.

Wow .. These were pristine vehicles in the very best of surroundings. Pampered springs to mind and believe me the vehicles deserve it.

They have all been restored to top condition and the way they are being looked after they will remain in this condition for a long time to come.

The spread that had been laid on for us visitors was truly fantastic. Tea, coffee, juice, beer, you name it. Crisps, sandwiches, and the best, fresh from the barbie lumps of beautiful roast beef on a roll I have had in a long time.

This is a class club and a class collection. We will remember this visit for a long time to come.

  

Thanks for the photographs

A number of contributors very generously gave us permission to display their photographs in our recent exhibition and it's only right we acknowledge them here.

Many thanks then to:

George Bett, Dick Gilbert, John Law, Andrew Macintosh, Donald MacRae, Paul S A Redmond, Nettletea, North East Bus Photos, Derek Simpson, Donald Stirling, Taybus Vintage Vehicle Society (John Fraser, John Mackie and Jim Patrickson), Tayport Dave, D. C. Thomson (Barbara Briggs and Derek McKimmie), Keith Till and Michael & Peter Waller.
  

Now you have longer to view our exhibition

We are delighted with the number of people who have taken the time to contact us after viewing our first ever exhibition in Dundee's Central Library within the Wellgate Centre.

Not only have we had a number of people wanting to help us in our quest to open a permanent Museum of Transport but we have also had a number of important items offered for future display.

Due to the popularity of the exhibition it won't now be ending until Wednesday 10th November 2010. Full details of the extended opening times are available by clicking here (external link).

We would like to build on the success of this exhibition by mounting an even bigger one next year and hopefully have it open for much longer as well. If you know of a possible location we could use, ideally with enough space for some of our vintage vehicles, please get in touch either by leaving a comment below or through our contact page.